Re: engraving question - temporary voices in vocal music

[Phil Holmes]

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From: "Janek Warchoł" <address@hidden>
To: "lilypond-user" <address@hidden>
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 8:00 PM
Subject: engraving question - temporary voices in vocal music


> Hi,
>
> i have a SATB choral piece and occasionally some voices are split in
> two. If the rhythyms differ, a polyphonic notation must be used -
> that's obvious. But, what to do in the situation pictured in the
> problem.png attachment? Is the notation used self-explanatory?
> It's all about the first note. In my opinion it's clear that it should
> be sang by both voices, but maybe an explicit polyphonic notation
> should be used (see explicit.png)?
> Do engraving books say anything about this?
> What do you think about this?
>
> cheers,
> Janek


Just to back up my "either is OK" comment, here's a little bit from 
Chappell's version of the Gondoliers.  Personally I think this is lazy, but 
it's how they've done it.

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Phil Holmes

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